Southampton Press - Western Thursday, May 16, 2013  

 

 

 

 

 

SOUTHAMPTON PRESS - WESTERN EDITION

MAY 9th, 2013

 

 

 

 

CCHB Members & Friends -

Important YouTube message!

Michael Dunn, President CCHB 

 

 

Fines, Penalties For Rental Violations Could Increase In Southampton Town 











ines, Penalties For Rental Violations Could Increase In Southampton Town 

 

CCHB Members and Friends -

Thank you for responding to our continued opposition against the Tiana Pines ZBA application. 

We have just received word that the applicants attorney has requested an adjournment for next month. Todays ZBA meeting WILL NOT occur. 

Again...todays ZBA meeting on the Tiana Pines Motel application has been postponed for next month.

We will keep you all updated as to any changes.

Lets stay solidified!

Lets continue to work together!

Lets stay informed!

Mike Dunn
President, CCHB

 

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Concerned Citizens of Hampton Bays!

 

 

 

 

 

 

CCHB Members and Friends-

We kindly ask for your immediate support to oppose the Tiana Pines Motel application to the Southampton Town Board of Appeals (ZBA). This petition will be presented at the next scheduled ZBA meeting.

 

 

Blass to leave Suffolk Social Services post

Originally published: January 16, 2013 9:11 PM
Updated: January 16, 2013 9:59 PM
By RICK BRAND  rick.brand@newsday.com

Suffolk Social Services Commissioner Gregory Blass said yesterday he is stepping down 17 months early as head of the county's largest department, an agency with a $642 million budget serving more than 200,000 people.

Blass, 62, will leave the $152,000-a-year job Jan. 30 after 3 1/2 years, and 30 months as chief deputy. "Although my term as commissioner does not expire until June of 2014, I feel my work at this department is done," Blass, a Republican, said in a letter to Democratic County Executive Steve Bellone.

"The time to go is now while you're at the top of your game and department is in good shape," he said.

Blass' resignation will mark the end of a 35-year public career. He served for a decade as a Family Court judge and 12 years as a Suffolk County legislator. He served three years as legislative presiding officer and led the fight that shuttered the Shoreham nuclear plant.

Bellone praised Blass, who was appointed to the position by former County Executive Steve Levy, for "working hard to to raise DSS staff morale with an open-door policy" and serving as a "strong advocate for the working poor, homeless families and the department."

Bellone said Blass' department led suburban New York counties in child support enforcement, collecting $140.5 million last year through November.

Bellone spokeswoman Vanessa Baird Streeter could not say whether Bellone will name a successor, conduct a search or place Blass' deputy, John O'Neill, in the job temporarily.

Blass said his contributions as commissioner included a new performance management team and an outreach program for homeless people.

 

January 11, 2013

Dear Concerned Citizens of Hampton Bays:

One of the issues of concern for the Concerned Citizens of Hampton Bays is the Tiana Pines Motel located on Montauk Highway and its request to the Zoning Board of Appeals for a change in one nonconforming use (motel) to another nonconforming use (apartment house). The name of the application is Iadevaia- 324 West Montauk Highway.

The owners have admitted to operating an illegal apartment complex consisting of 16 units for many years. This illegal use has negatively impacted Hampton Bays because the property has produced many school children over the years but the property owners have not paid their fair share of property taxes.

The Southampton Town Zoning Code provides that if a nonconforming use is abandoned, the property can only then be used as a conforming use.

The Tiana Pines motel was abandoned many years ago as admitted by the owners and now they want to take advantage of Hampton Bays by legalizing the illegal apartment use.

The precedential effect of such a decision could have significant negative effect on all of our property taxes. This property owner has already reaped enough profits at our expense.

Please contact the Supervisor and Town Board members at the following email addresses to express your opposition to this application. Please "cc" a copy to us at CCHB also. You can read the press link at the bottom of the page.


Town Board Members E-mail Addresses

Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst: 
athrone-holst@southamptontownny.gov

Councilperson Chistopher Nuzzi: cnuzzi@southamptontownny.gov

Councilperson Christine Preston Scalera: cscalera@southamptontownny.gov

Councilperson James Malone: jmalone@southamptontownny.gov

Councilperson Bridget Fleming: bfleming@southamptontownny.gov

Concerned Citizens of HB: concernedcitizensofhamptonbays@gmail.com 

 

Hampton Bays Motel Owners Want To Legalize Apartment Complex Conversion

http://www.27east.com/news/article.cfm/Hampton-Bays/449546/Hampton-Bays-Motel-Owners-Want-To-Legalize-Apartment-Complex-Conversion

 

 

January 9, 2013

Dear Concerned Citizens of Hampton Bays,

We hope you all enjoyed a Happy Holiday Season, and we wish you all the best for the upcoming year. We are looking forward to 2013 as a productive time. Our focus remains: Density, Schools, Taxes, and the Environment. We've continued to meet with Government officials and are expanding our base. In doing so we have uncovered numerous additional concerns for CCHB. Government officials we have met with over the past few months are:

-Senator Kenneth LaValle
-Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst
-Councilman Christopher Nuzzi
-Councilwoman Christine Preston-Scalera
-Chief Code Enforcement Officer David Betts
-School Superintendent Lars Clemensen
-Conference call with Deputy County Supervisor Jon Schneider.

As we further analyze the issues arising from the placement of a homeless shelter at Hidden Cove, we learn more how it affects our community. When a non New York State resident student, is placed in the HB school district, the cost of his tuition is born solely by the HB school budget, and will continue as our obligation while the student remains in the homeless system, wherever that student is placed. 42% of the students who have come from Hidden Cove are from out of state. How many non NYS resident students' tuition can our school budget, funded by your property taxes, afford to pay? By enforcement of existing Town and County laws, this cost can be minimized in the future.

After working with our government officials, the Town has agreed to, and is pursuing the removal of the homeless shelter from Hidden Cove. After months of lobbying from the CCHB, the Town has retained legal counsel as recommended by our group and has started legal proceedings as of early January, 2013 against the County, CHI and DSS.

Our review of town records has disclosed that a Stop Work Order was issued in December of 2011, against 132 W. Montauk Highway to convert warehouse space into a place for public assembly. Despite this Stop Work Order and the fact that no Planning Board input, ZBA hearing, Health department review, public comment or that no building department permits were issued, the work continued and was completed in November 2012 in blatant violation of town codes. In addition, the rear property was "clear cut" of all its' tree's for an apparent future parking lot. After bringing these issues to our Town representatives, we understand that the property owner and tenants have been served and this is now in the legal system for its' complete removal. We ask you to monitor this situation with us.

We continue to work with our legal team in contesting the Tiana Pines Conversion from its existing non-conforming use as a motel, to another non-conforming use to apartments. If this is permitted for Tiana Pines, doesn't it set a precedent for all other motels in Hampton Bays? The next hearing should be sometime in early February and we will keep you up to date as we get confirmation of the scheduled time. We urge you to attend and oppose the application. We need community support.

We have also been vigorously researching, literally hundreds of single family homes that are abusing NY state and Southampton Town housing laws and codes. We must unify to make sure that the housing codes and laws are equally enforced on all properties throughout the hamlet.

In November, Michael Dunn and Simone Scotto, executive members of CCHB, were asked and accepted to Co-chair the Hampton Bays Citizens advisory Committee (CAC). This opens another avenue for Hampton Bays to get our message across to Southampton Town to deal with the issues that are of great concern. The CAC meetings are open to the public and take place on the third Wednesday of every month at the Hampton Bays Library at 7:00pm. An expanded membership has been submitted to the town from myself and Mr. Scotto and has been agreed to which now brings our CAC board membership to 25. This board now consists of its' previous members plus over 12 of the local business owners' of the community.

In the upcoming months, we intend to pursue our mission of Schools, Density, Taxes, and the Environment. We are continuing to study our Hamlet and urging our Governmental officials to enforce the existing laws. We will be attending the Town Board meeting to fully set forth the results of our research and we will hold a membership meeting and drive in Early spring at Oakland's.

We look forward to your continued support and active participation for the improvement and betterment of Hampton Bays. Please contact us if you are able to help in any way. Areas that we need immediate assistance are Public Relations and Press and in monitoring code violations and compliance. We will update you as to our progress.

Sincerely,

Michael Dunn
President, CCHB

 

 

 

Hampton Bays Citizen Advisory Committee News!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.indyeastend.com/Articles-i-2012-12-05-105245.113117-Evicted-Man-Cries-Foul.html

 

 

 

12/3/12

Announcing the appointment of Michael Dunn and Simone Scotto as Co-Chairs of the Southampton Town Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) representing Hampton Bays.

The appointment was adopted unanimously by the Southampton Town Board.

The next Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) meeting will be Tuesday December 18th at 7:15 at the Hampton Bays Library.

If you are interested in becoming an appointed member of the CAC-Hampton Bays, please send an e-mail to us at concerenedcitizensofhamptonbays@gmail.com. by December 15th so we can submit to the town for consideration.

Happy Holidays!

 

 

 

Dear Members:

The Concerned Citizens of Hampton Bays is a non-profit organization created to address the issues of taxation, population density, environmental concerns and schooling in the Hampton Bays community. 

 

• Hours: Meeting hours are subject to change. Notifications will be sent.
• Contact email: concernedcitizensofhamptonbays@gmail.com
• Mission: The group strives to pull the community together into a unified voice, reflecting the needs and protecting the quality of life of Hampton Bays residents.
• Membership requirements: Hampton Bays community members & businesses.